On 11 Feb 2002, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> Philip Martin <philip@codematters.co.uk> writes:
>
> > On the whole, I prefer being required to specify an URL explicitly.
>
> I do too. If RA implementations distinguish themselves by 'handling'
> different URL schemas, then we shouldn't be leaving them off. It
> seems inconsistent to have to type "http://" in one case, but only
> *optionally* type "file:///" in another case.
It matches the behavior, though, of other applications that deal with
URLs, like web browsers. If you type '/etc/passwd' into Mozilla's URL
box, it'll assume it's 'file:///etc/passwd'.
Brian
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